For Myslivecké hospodaření s.r.o. we built a web and mobile app that replaced hunters' paper records. Since 2019 it has been used by around a tenth of hunting-ground users in the Czech Republic.
2019
live in production
in development since 2018
~10%
of hunting-ground users in the Czech Republic
approximate market share
70+
years — even at this age, managers use the app with ease
5
clicks to the monthly Mysl 8 report
12345done in seconds to minutes, users say
The case study at a glance
01Starting point
By law, a hunting-ground manager has to keep extensive records: catches, hunters, hunting permits, control seals, cull plans and how they are being met, deaths, game counts and regular reports to the state game authority. Before, that meant notebooks, forms and counting by hand.
Reports were added up by hand from notebooks. It took hours, and a single copying mistake was enough for the figures not to match. Hunters also had to bring their catches to the manager in person for checking.
Hunters did not know about each other. They risked meeting at the same stand or disturbing each other's hunt — a safety risk, too.
Forests and fields are not an office. The app has to work where the phone cannot find a network.
Many managers and hunters are older people who do not use technology day to day.
02Solution
Emyslivost is two connected apps over shared data. The web app is the manager's main tool with full functionality; the iOS and Android app serves hunters in the field. A change in one shows up in the other straight away — and you sign in to both with the same email and password.
The manager at the computer, the hunter in the forest. The web has everything; the phone has what the field needs.
The same email and password on the web and on the phone; the data is the same and current everywhere.
The manager connects hunters and sets what each person can see and edit.
03Who uses what
Managers, hunters and hunting-ground holders and users all work in the same environment. Their screens are practically the same — what differs is which data each of them sees and what they may edit. The manager sets the rights.
The hunting ground's main administrator. Sees all its data and can edit it.
What they get on top
Sees the data the manager has given them access to — in the field, usually on the phone.
What they get on top
The same overviews, only for one or several hunting grounds at once.
What they get on top
04Key features
Six places where the app changes day-to-day work in the hunting ground the most. Try them out.
The hunter takes a photo of the catch, marks the spot on the map and sends it. The manager gets a notification and approves or edits the catch. Nobody has to bring catches in for checking any more.
New catch
Photo addedSpeciesRoe deerSeal0417Location—Send to managerThe app notices a weak signal and switches to offline mode by itself. Hunters download the data and maps of a chosen area in advance — the app shows how much data that is and how much space is left on the phone. A catch or a new site-map point can be entered without signal, and the report is sent automatically once the connection is back.
Once a week the app reminds users to refresh their offline data.
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Weekly reminder: refresh your offline data
The monthly Mysl 8 report and the other reports (Mysl 4, 6 and 7) are put together from data collected throughout the year. No adding up by hand, no arithmetic errors. It takes the manager five clicks.
Emyslivost saves me several hours a month that I would otherwise have to spend at the desk with papers.
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High seats, hunting towers, hunting sections and paths, sections at risk of damage and catch locations on one map. The mobile app adds a large map of all hunting grounds in the Czech Republic — as a table and a map, by region and municipality.
Real-time availability instead of a paper book. Hunters know about each other, do not disturb each other, and the hunt is safer. Booking works from the phone right in the field, too.
How we build booking systemsComplete seal records from receipt through issuing to hunters to cancellation, automatic hunting permits, and progress on the cull plan for every species. A game-deaths overview and custom filters for catches and hunters.
Cull plan progress 2025/26
Seals
Illustrative interface with made-up data
05UX for everyone
Even managers over 70 use the app with ease. For us, that is the strongest proof that UX designed for non-technical users works.
The terminology comes from the author, himself a hunter. The app speaks like the people who use it.
Everyday tasks take a few taps. The monthly Mysl 8 report takes five clicks.
The manager sets rights by role — nobody is swamped with features they do not need.
There is a detailed guide to every screen.
The app is intuitive to use. Even someone who is not confident using a computer or a phone for anything other than calls and texts can record a catch.
06How the project went
Josef Němec brought the know-how from practice; we turned it into software — from analysis through design and development of the web and mobile apps to operation. We have worked together since 2018 and keep developing the app.
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